﻿new 
  Mammals 
  from 
  the 
  Malay 
  Peninsula. 
  231 
  

  

  Skull 
  and 
  teeth. 
  — 
  As 
  in 
  E. 
  s. 
  manicalis. 
  

  

  Measurements. 
  — 
  Collectors^ 
  external 
  measurements 
  (taken 
  

   in 
  the 
  flesh) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  163 
  (197 
  *) 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tail 
  165 
  (158) 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   foot 
  35 
  5 
  (36). 
  

  

  Cranial 
  measurements 
  : 
  greatest 
  length 
  43*3 
  (di4j*0) 
  ; 
  basal 
  

   length 
  36 
  1 
  (37-0) 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  nasals 
  17-0 
  (17-0) 
  ; 
  greatest 
  

   breadth 
  of 
  nasals 
  4 
  7 
  (50) 
  ; 
  shortest 
  distance 
  between 
  nasals 
  

   atid 
  lachrymal 
  notch 
  17'7 
  ; 
  palatal 
  length 
  186 
  (18"0); 
  

   diastema 
  12"1 
  (12*6) 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  palatal 
  foramina 
  6 
  2 
  (6'4') 
  ; 
  

   breadth 
  of 
  combined 
  palatal 
  foramina 
  3 
  4 
  (3'6) 
  ; 
  zygomatic 
  

   breadth 
  18-1 
  (2 
  )-0) 
  ; 
  cranial 
  breadth 
  16-1 
  (170)": 
  upper 
  

   molar 
  row 
  6 
  1 
  (6 
  8). 
  

  

  Specimens 
  examined. 
  — 
  Twenty-three, 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  type- 
  

   locality. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Extremely 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  E. 
  s. 
  flavidulus, 
  

   from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  different 
  proportions 
  

   of 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  tail, 
  

  

  Epimys 
  remolus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Type. 
  — 
  Adult 
  male 
  (skin 
  and 
  skull), 
  No. 
  75/13, 
  Fede- 
  

   rated 
  Malay 
  States, 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  Koh 
  Samui, 
  

   N.E. 
  Malay 
  Peninsula, 
  May 
  17th, 
  1913, 
  by 
  H. 
  C. 
  Robinson 
  

   and 
  E. 
  Seimund. 
  Original 
  no. 
  5366. 
  

  

  Characters. 
  — 
  A 
  large 
  rat 
  with 
  unicolor 
  tail, 
  spines 
  in 
  pelage 
  

   very 
  thin 
  and 
  flexible, 
  piles 
  very 
  numerous 
  and 
  attaining 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  70 
  mm. 
  Underparts 
  whitish, 
  sharply 
  demarcated 
  

   from 
  the 
  flanks. 
  Skull 
  strongly 
  ridged 
  with 
  moderately- 
  

   sized 
  bullae, 
  intermediate 
  between 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  validus 
  and 
  

   rattus 
  groups. 
  Palatal 
  foramina 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  extend- 
  

   ing 
  posteriorly 
  beyond 
  the 
  roots 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  molar. 
  

  

  Colour. 
  — 
  Above 
  mingled 
  ochraceous 
  and 
  sooty 
  brown, 
  

   darkest 
  on 
  the 
  back, 
  where 
  the 
  long 
  black 
  piles 
  are 
  most 
  

   numerous 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  flanks 
  more 
  earthy. 
  

   Under 
  surface 
  creamy 
  white, 
  sharply 
  defined 
  from 
  the 
  sides. 
  

   Feet 
  clad 
  with 
  silky 
  whitish 
  hairs, 
  darker 
  down 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  

   hands 
  dirty 
  white. 
  Tail 
  brownish 
  black. 
  Vibrisste 
  long 
  

   and 
  black. 
  

  

  SkuU 
  and 
  teeth. 
  — 
  The 
  skull, 
  on 
  the 
  whole, 
  is 
  nearest 
  to 
  that 
  

   of 
  validus, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  once 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  

   narrow 
  elongate 
  palatal 
  foramina, 
  by 
  the 
  larger 
  bullae, 
  by 
  

   the 
  outline 
  of 
  the 
  occipital 
  which 
  is 
  roughly 
  semicircular 
  

   and 
  not 
  pentagonal, 
  with 
  the 
  parieto-occipital 
  suture 
  almost 
  

  

  * 
  Measurements 
  in 
  pai'entheses 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  ^. 
  s.Jiavidulnii 
  

   from 
  Langkawi; 
  U.S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  No. 
  101,3.j0. 
  

  

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